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Input Method Editor (IME) is an input method in an operating system or an individual program that allows various data, such as keyboard strokes or mouse actions, to be received as input. The common use is to enter characters not found on standard input devices (keyboards)

Recently I was perplexed, while typing Japanese into a web browser under a Japanese language edition of Windows 7, by the disappearance of the dictionary for converting kana to kanji. I typed a word, ...

My goal is to be able to reselect words after I've pressed Enter or space (evaluating them to kanji or kana, depending on the situation). But let's say I have typed in a word. I typed instead of the ...

I have English version of Windows 8.1 installed with Google Pinyin IME. I don't like the Win+Space key to toggle between different languages. So I left Chinese language only and Google Pinyin as input ...

I need to be able to switch between Japanese, English, and Spanish. My problem is when I start my computer it'll work for a while and then stop working. I can switch to the other languages but they ...

In windows I often find myself trying to write an English word, but with the Japanese Input method selected (unintentionally). So what I get is something like this えぁmpれ. At the moment, I just press ...

I am trying to write out a Basho haiku. When converting using the IME, some words that are in hiragana get changed to kanji and some that have kanji don't get changed, like the 切れ字 ”かな” that didn't ...

Windows 7 comes with a variety of IMEs for entering Chinese in the manner used in Taiwan known as "bopomofo" or "zhuyin".
Like other IMEs their main job is to convert from a small set of characters ...

When I right click on Notepad, there come up options for right-to-left languages. But at the end exists an option "Reconversion". I have installed a Japanese LIP and it seems like I have got hold of ...

I'm using the Language Bar in Windows 7 to switch between English and Japanese. In 'Japanese' mode the bar has a few extra buttons for switching between the various alphabets / width styles - image 1:
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I use the Anthy IME with ibus. I know that I can switch a word to Katakana with the F7 key but when I do this, any long vowels are kept as two regular syllable katakanas. That is, わあ (waa -- this is ...

I am Portuguese, and thus have a Portuguese keyboard layout on my laptop. I want to write in Japanese, and have already installed Microsoft IME and am able to write in Japanese.
What I want to know ...

Mozc is a Japanese IME by Google.
I just discovered (by mistyping something) that zh converts to ←, which I find really cool! (In Japanese such arrows are often used). Similarly, ↓↑→ can be obtained ...

(This question was considered as off-topic on Japanese.SE and more suitable for SuperUser).
I like to write computer notes about what I learn in Japanese. From time to time, I would like to be able ...

I've tried using iBus as a Japanese input method. I installed it from the repositories, as well as ibus-anthy, and it's sometimes functional, but not on Firefox or Thunderbird, which is where I need ...

I'm currently using Korean Input System (IME 2002), my problem is that it gives me Hangul Compatibility Jamo (U+3130 – U+318F) instead of regular Hangul Jamo(U+1100 – U+11FF).
They look the same to ...

My office word 2003 keeps changing the input back from English to Japanese when I do something like type backspace or click around in a document...
I know there is a way to stop it from doing this, ...

the this one, Japanese IME on Windows: switch back to romaji input method (3) did not help.
The problem seems the same.
My Vista home premium version PC, I had been using Microsoft IME to use English ...

I use a Dvorak keyboard layout, controlled through the language bar "United States-Dvorak". I'm trying to use the Chinese IME (Simplified, Pinyin), but whenever I switch to that mode, the keys go back ...

How do I type Chinese pinyin text with the tone marks into any application in Windows?
I am aware of the Chinese IME in Windows, which converts pinyin text I type into the Chinese stroked characters. ...